This activity, ING Is A Powerful Thing, is from Annie's Resource Attic is copyright 2012 by ann brundige studio. You may not sell this activity, nor use any of its elements for commercial purposes. For details regarding this Creative Commons license, see the Terms of Use section of the web page at www.annbrundige studio.com. If you want the activity for use on your own computer or off computer, download one of the multimedia versions or the printable version from the main page. You may make and distribute as many copies of the downloaded versions as you want, but must include the credits page.

ING Is A Powerful Thing is a supporting activity that should be done after reading Jason's String. If you do not have the entire activity set, which includes two books and photos, you can download it free from the Annie's Resource Attic web site.

All images, text, and sounds are original and copyright 2012 by Ann Brundige with the following exceptions:

  • Cover: ING man body from a line drawing by Dick Kulpa (Captain Cartoon) from his web site www.captcartoon.com
  • King/thing: King based on grayscale photo 3808040716_3206cc1017_o.jpg HMR1-09-68 Photograph taken in 1907 (CC BY-NC 2.0) by Deseronto Archives via flickr.com.
  • Bring-Sing: Waiter based on public domain line drawing from www1.free-clipart.net Bird based on grayscale clipart from www.wpclipart.com. Restaurant background based on 3386805908_366740c232_o.jpg Noura Restaurant by Serge Melki 2009 (CC BY 2.0) via flickr.com.
  • Switch Hitter pose from batter.png line drawing (PD) on www.wpclipart.com.
  • Ring on finger is 6564135537_2ba5e88ddf_z.jpg by Jessica Dow of Different Seasons Jewelry 2011 (CC BY 2.0) via flickr.com. Ring bell is 2236284860_754ae38a48_o.jpg by oddharmonic 2001 (CC BY-SA 2.0) via flickr.com.
  • Swing near tree is 151161150_1c0d862ab6_o.jpg by Elizabeth Runder 2006 (CC BY 2.0) via flickr.com. Swinging a bat is 5018122844_86fd253545_b.jpg U.S. Army photo by Tim Hipps, FMWRC Public Affairs 2010 (CC BY 2.0) via flickr.com.
  • Kite string is 3664063520_8c4f3eb126_b.jpg by star792 2009 (CC BY-NC-SA 2.0) via flickr.com. Stringing beads is 6135515940_069fc8a6ca_b.jpg by badvoodoo404 2011 (CC BY-NC 2.0) via flickr.com.
  • Adding ING waving ING man based on line drawing by Dick Kulpa (Captain Cartoon) from his web site www.captcartoon.com combined with the lower body of public domain line drawing of fitness muscle man from www.wpclipart.com.
  • Looking at dog: Dog from 5723282512_f90b993901_o.jpg Big Dog by twotoneatl 2011 (CC BY-NC-SA 2.0) via flickr.com. Boy from 4124251299_1faef7041a_b.jpg chitral phto 288 by ground reporter 2009 (CC BY-NC 2.0) via flickr.com. Sidewalk from 4564912966_f8877d5fdb_o.jpg Sidewalk Art by Kindergartners (sic) by Wyoming jackrabbit 2010 (CC BY-NC-SA 2.0) via flickr.com.
  • Riding A Horse--Bucking horse based on a public domain line drawing from www.wpclipart.com
  • Swimming--Swimmer based on a public domain line drawing from www.wpclipart.com. Shark clip art is public domain and from www.wpclipart.com.
  • On pages about removing silent e and doubling last letter, ING-Man body based on line drawing by Dick Kulpa (Captain Cartoon) from his web site www.captcartoon.com combined with the lower body of public domain line drawing of fitness muscle man from www.wpclipart.com

Sound Credits

  • Recorded text is Mac computer voice Tom, recorded from Tex-Edit Plus® using the Applescript Record Spoken Selection and further edited in Audacity® (2018).
  • Title and The End were recorded by Ann Brundige (2012). Bell in theEnd.mp3 is from the Intellitools® Media Library.
  • Rewind sound is from the HyperStudio® Content Library (2000).
  • Ride is computer voice Tom plus the three sounds from freesound.com: Man oof.wav by xtrgamr (CC BY 3.0), low_grunt1.wav by primeval_polypod (CC BY 3.0) which is a remix of male_grunt.aif by snaginneb (CC BY 3.0), and Grunt1 - Death Pain.wav by AlineAudio (CC 0).
  • Swim is computer voice Tom plus 01260 water swimming splashing 1.wav by Robinhood76 (CC BY NC 3.0) from freesound.com.